Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-01
BAD TREATMENT
BY THE HONE TEAM AT THE HANDS or
EVANSVILLE MANAGER.
The True InwardneSs Of Monday Afternoons Game
Some Statements Of the Facts Made By Gentle
men Connected With the Club,

management acted in an extremely discour-
teous manner towards the visitors. Start
ing with the morning game, the Doctor
saws that while the Wheeling boys were
still behind, Zanesville's best batter was
struck on the neck by ball while in the
act Oftrying to steal second. This made
him sick and he laid off two innings, after
which the GAINESVILLE captain went to Capt.
Crogan and asked to allow the player to re-
turn to his place, which the latter agreed
TO do, although he could have kept him
from playing, and it was the umpire's place
tOSlo SO. However, the game went on and
Wheeling won, the GAINESVILLE boys claim
ing that it was entirely luck that they
were beaten.
In the afternoon our nine was changed,
Smith being put in left, Bailey behind the
bat and Mallory in the box. At 20 min
utes to o'clock gale blew up and the
rain came down in perfect torrents, COM
polling tire occupants of the sun seats to
take shelter in the grand stand, while the
managers of the clubs and Others got III
the players house. Capt. Welsh Of the
Zanesvilles went to Capt. CrOgan and
told him that the financial condition of
their club was such that it was absolutely
necessary to keep the money taken i'll on
the game, and asked him ~ favor if he
would not help them out by allowing his
team to go on the field and play one in
ming, so that they could hold the money.
Capt. CrOgan wanted to accommodate the
boys and agreed to allow his men to play
the inning. Wheeling first went to bat but
were retired without making score.
When the Wheeling boys went into the
field the ground was so slippery they could
only play with difficulty, and Speidel al
most injured himself by running after a
foul fly. johnson got TO first on liner,
but the rain came down so hard
that Umpire MCDermOtt was COM
pelledt q call the game, it
being then 4:lO. Twenty minutes later
they went back and the Zanesvilles made
four runs OH account of the inability Ofour
boys to do any fielding on the slippery
ground. Again the players were compelled to
leave the diamond on account of the heavy
rain, when Manager Moore asked DR..
day if they agreed to postpone thegame, and
he was told he would have to consult Man
ager English.
1t was now 4:30 o'clock and the umpire
said if it did not stop raining in thirty
minutes he would call the game, and the
time was noted. Manager Moore then
told Manager English that if he would
agree to postpone the game until the next
day, he would give the club half the gate
receipts. Mr.. English did not think this
would Justify him in remaining over, rs
the boys needed rest, but said he would
stay if Moore wOuld agree to give them the
$40 rain guarantee, and would treat %anes-
vile the same way ifsuch thing occurred
at Wheeling. Moore refused to do this.
He and Welsh then held a
conference, and when five O'Clock
came Welsh announced that he wanted to
20 on with the game, although the rain
was still falling. Two of his men got
shOyels and commenced cleaning the mud
from the batters box. Manager English
protested aud, the umpire did not know
what to do although it could clearly
be seen that he was under Welsh's power.
At last when Mr.. English would not allow
his club to play, McDermOtt announced the
game to in favor OF GAINESVILLE. The
announcement was resolved by the audi
ence in dead silence, and it could easily be
seen what they though of such rank work.
At s O'Clock in the evening one of the
directors, Manager English, Capt OrOgan
and q friend OF the Wheeling club went
before q notary public and made oath that
the rain never ceased from the time it
commenced mp To that tines o'clock,
and that the ball grounds were entirely
unfit to play on. Manager English and
Captain Crogau also made oath that Welsh
asked the latter TO play one inning to pre-
vent the people getting their money back,
and that MCnermOtt, the umpire, told
them that he would haze DECLARED the
game of, but that Welsh compelled him to
finish it, rs he was dependent on the bus
mess and him for living.
This shows pretty plainly what kind of
rotten work was going on, and that Man
ager Moore wished to beat his own people
out of their money. These sworn state
ments were then taken to the Office OF the
GAINESVILLE Signal, the editor OF which had
gotten his points from Manager Moore.
The papers were shown to him and he was
asked to give the Wheeling club y fair and
impartial hearing, which he promised TO
do. In the SiggGTS report of the ball
game the following vas the state of the
weather: AT this stage of the game MCVey
INDUCED in some fouls until it commenced
raining too hard to play ball. Theumpire
called time, twenty eight minutes elapsing.
The rain ceasiug, the umpire called
play"
IN its report of the Decoration Day exer-
cises at the cemetery, which was about the
same time, it says: "but ut this junCture
fearful rain aud wind storm broke upon
the columns At the City Cemetery the
men had started and were returning rs fast
us they possibly could when the rain de-
scended in torrents and the column broke
and the men sought shelter rs best they
could"
The paper also spoke of how trees were
blown down in the terrific storm, but it
was good weather to play ball.
The Wheeling management also claim
that GAINESVILLE never signed EastOp As
stated in the SigBql. Manager Moore
simply told him that he would give him q
position If one OF their pitchers did not
pan out, and upon this EastOn waited
here for some time. and not hear
;pg from Moore he wrote him and
asked biEl for an advance OF money
rs he had n family 10 keep. Moore an
swered him and said he could not sign |
him ~ he had no blank contracts ut that |
time, although each club in the League got |
City blanks, After be found he could get |
no satisfaction from Moore, he made APP |
pliGatiOn TO the Wheeling club, stating the |
facts in the case. The whole position of
affairs was sent 10 President WycOf' of
the American Association for his |
advice, and he answered that i'll
the statements were correct Wheeling |
need have no hesitency in signing
Eastop. Cary was treated good deal in
the same way by hODrG. who tried TO hold
players and keep them from securing other
engagements. IL is alleged that be only |
held EastOn because he wanted TO trade |
him to another club for catcher of whom
they were badly in need, and the facts
show that they did not intend to sign Eas-
ton unless they could make the trade.
This nives so ne inwariness of the lanes